19 Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster
Carly Tennes
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04/23/2024
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While we often see the aftermath of catastrophic events — the rubble covering New York City after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Queen Elizabeth's Funeral, and heck, even the destruction a tsunami leaves in its wake — there's a split second of normalcy before disaster strikes.
Sometimes, it's even captured on film.
From the final moments of John Lennon's life to the build-up to the now-infamous Academy Awards slap, here are 19 photos taken mere seconds before a major catastrophe.
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1. “The last photo taken of Queen Elizabeth II, just 2 days before her death.”
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2. “A Japanese-American girl pledging allegiance to US flag before she and her family were incarcerated.”
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3. “Moments before the Tsunami hit in Thailand, 2004.”
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4. “Prince Philip 23 days before his death.”
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5. “Final photo of Robert Overacker jet skiing over Niagara falls before he fell to his death.”
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6. “Chris Rock’s face seconds before being hit by Will Smith.”
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7. “Natalie Wood and her husband Robert Wagner two weeks before her death, 1981.”
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8. “Kyle Carpenter before … being wounded while deployed in Afghanistan.”
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9. “Last pic of Vladimir Lenin before he die[d].”
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10. “Last picture taken of Bruce Lee in July 1973 some days before he passed.”
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11. “Photos of inside the WTC on 9/11 before collapse.”
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12. “Last photos of John Lennon signing his killers autograph hours before his death (Circa 1980).”
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13. “Alexei Navalny watching Rick & Morty shortly before returning to Russia and being arrested.”
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14. “Six Flags New Orleans in 2004 before Hurricane Katrina.”
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15. “Moments before being evicted.”
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16. “Photo taken instants before the car explodes. The man and the boy survived.”
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17. “August 24, 1997 a week before her death. Princess Diana.”
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18. “Trump minutes before suggesting injecting something like a disinfectant to fight Covid-19”
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19. “Bataclan before the shootings.”
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